Why did Minho risk his life to save Alby?
Early in the film, we see Alby leading the others in banishing - and thus condemning to death - someone who has been "stung". There seems to be no hope of a cure.
Yet when Alby is stung Minho risks being shut into the maze in order to carry him unconscious back to the Glade. Does he think he can somehow save him?
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There isn't much known about either the Changing or The Banishment, as the events in both the book and movie happen near the end of the Maze events. Every rule was created by the Gladers long before Thomas shows up, so there is much unknown. What we can see though, is that the Changing doesn't effect everyone the same. Only four people are seen going through it, Ben, Alby, Thomas and Gally. We only see Ben being vanished, and he's pretty manic when it happens. Alby and Thomas both get stung, take the Grief Serum, and then are okay. Gally almost acts like Ben did.
Keep in mind, in the books, the Grief Serum already exists, so its always administered if the stung person is found in time. And Book Gally went through the Changing before Thomas even arrives.
This leads to the main question, why would Minho attempt to save Alby when Ben was Banished after being stung? Aside from having to match the book version where this is a major event, the Banishment of Ben seems to happen due to a separate reason. In the book, Minho's main reasoning is that there is a cure for being stung, so leaving Alby, their leader, in the Maze would be the same as killing him. There's a chance to save him. Ben, instead, was banished not because he was stung, but because he attempted to kill Thomas. Hurting another Glader is one of the worst things you can do, and the Rules required he be removed. I believe it had to do with Ben not being given the Serum in time, and that leaves him crazy and dangerous. The Gladers had no choice.
In the Movie Alby, unlike Ben, when stung, spends a week or so sick. If we consider that not everybody stung reacts the same as Ben, then the movie answer would simply be the same as the book. Ben was banished because he became a dangerous lunatic after the Changing, not because he was stung. While one happened because of the other, the end result is the same, only the Dangerous ones get Banished. So Minho, knowing this, would attempt to save Alby, because it was not guaranteed that he would become dangerous.
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What did Minho do to Alby in the Maze?
Summary: Chapter 17 In the Maze, Minho tells Thomas that they're all as good as dead. He says that the Griever he and Alby went to see was only pretending to be dead, and it stung Alby with one of its many needles; unless Alby gets Grief Serum within a few hours, he'll die.How does Thomas save Alby and Minho?
Thomas wakes up in the Box in the Glade knowing only his name. He makes friends with Chuck and learns about how the Glade is run. Thomas saves Alby and Minho after they are stuck in the Maze overnight, and learns you can fight back against the Grievers.Why did Alby sacrifice himself?
After going through the Changing and learning about the devastations that have struck the outside world, Alby becomes withdrawn and loses his will to lead. Unable to confront the realities waiting for him outside the Glade, Alby sacrifices himself to the Grievers in a desperate attempt to protect his friends.Who sacrificed themselves in The Maze Runner?
Like Thomas, Gally sacrifices himself on the night of the Grievers' first raid so that no one else would be killed. Although Gally may have seemed selfish and arrogant for most of the novel, this sacrifice is an act of redemption that makes up for his past behaviors.Griever Scene| The Maze Runner |
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Minho is the Keeper of the Runners. He is one of the senior boys in the Glade, and for good reason. He is level-headed, brave, intelligent and not willing to give up.
He knew that to get out of the glades, he needs each and every soul. And being one of the senior boys, it's his responsibility to save them.
Although he didn't know that there was any hope for the cure, but his leadership quality to lead from the front, his form of responsibility towards each and everyone who has faith over him gave the strength to risk his life and bring him back from the maze.
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